Cooler air, lower humidity, indoor heating and longer days spent bundled up can all affect your skin, hair and beard. The lightweight routine that worked perfectly through the summer may suddenly leave your skin feeling dry, your beard feeling rough or your hair looking a little less manageable.
Fall is the perfect time to reset.
Whether you're cleaning up your shave, growing out your beard or simply looking for a better everyday grooming routine, here are a few ways to make the transition into cooler weather.
1. Give Your Skin a Little More Attention
Summer grooming tends to focus on keeping skin fresh and comfortable through heat, sweat and humidity. Fall brings a different set of challenges. Cooler, drier air can leave skin feeling tight or dry, particularly after shaving. Add indoor heating to the mix and your skin may need more moisture and a little extra care. A good fall routine starts with a proper cleanse, followed by products that help keep skin comfortable and hydrated.
And if you shave regularly, don't overlook what happens after the razor. An after-shave product can help refresh the skin and provide a comfortable finishing step after shaving. This is especially important as the weather becomes colder and your skin becomes more prone to feeling dry.
Fall tip: If your skin feels tight immediately after shaving, take a closer look at your post-shave routine. The products you use after the razor matter just as much as the products you use before it.
2. Don't Let Your Shave Fall Behind
Cooler weather isn't a reason to abandon your shave routine. In fact, fall is a great time to revisit the basics.
Start with properly prepared skin and give your shaving products enough time to do their job. Avoid rushing through the process, especially when your skin is already feeling a little drier than it did during the summer. A quality shaving cream or lather helps create a comfortable shaving experience, while a good pre-shave routine can help prepare the skin and facial hair before the razor comes into play.
And remember: more pressure doesn't mean a better shave. Let the razor do the work.
3. Take Care of Your Beard as It Grows
Fall is also prime beard-growing season. Whether you're growing a full beard for the first time or simply letting things get a little longer, facial hair needs attention as it grows. As a beard gets longer, it can trap moisture, product residue and dead skin underneath. Regular cleansing helps keep both the beard and the skin underneath it feeling fresh.
Beard oil can also become a useful part of your routine as the weather gets cooler. It helps condition facial hair while adding moisture to the skin underneath — an area that's easy to forget once your beard starts getting longer.
Fall tip: Don't just apply product to the surface of your beard. Work it through the hair and down toward the skin underneath.
4. Pay Attention to Your Hair
Your hair can also behave differently in the fall. Changes in humidity, cooler temperatures and more time indoors can affect how your hair looks and feels. You may find that your usual styling routine suddenly isn't giving you the same result. This is a good time to reassess your styling products.
A pomade, cream, wax or other styling product should work with your hair type and the style you're trying to achieve — not simply because it's the product you've always used. Fall is also a great time to experiment with slightly more structured styles and products that provide the hold you need without leaving your hair feeling heavy.
5. Use Fall as a Grooming Reset
A new season is a good excuse to take inventory of what you're actually using. Check your bathroom shelf.
- Are your shaving products running low?
- Is your beard in need of a little more attention?
- Are you still using the same hair product you relied on all summer?
- Do you have a proper post-shave routine?
Rather than adding a dozen new products to your shelf, focus on building a routine that covers the basics: Prepare. Shave. Soothe. Style. Maintain.
The best grooming routine isn't necessarily the most complicated one. It's the one you can actually stick to.
Your Fall Grooming Checklist
Before the temperatures really drop, make sure your routine includes:
✓ A quality shaving product
For a smooth, comfortable shave.
✓ A pre-shave step
To help prepare your skin and facial hair.
✓ An after-shave product
To refresh and care for skin after shaving.
✓ A beard product
If you're growing or maintaining facial hair.
✓ A hair styling product
For keeping your hairstyle looking its best as the season changes.
✓ A moisturizer
Because cooler weather can mean drier skin.
Take a few extra minutes. Replace the products you've run out of. Add a post-shave step. Give that growing beard some attention.
And head into the new season feeling fresh, comfortable and well groomed.
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